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retronecine

retronecine noun: a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the common groundsel and comfrey.

Noun

retronecine (uncountable)

  1. A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the common groundsel and comfrey.

Questions about retronecine

What does retronecine mean?
Retronecine means a pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the common groundsel and comfrey.
What part of speech is retronecine?
Retronecine is a noun.

Words near retronecine in the dictionary

  1. retromutations
  2. retromylohyoid
  3. retron
  4. retronasal
  5. retronasally
  6. retronecine
  7. retronic
  8. retronostalgia
  9. retrons
  10. retronuchal
  11. retronym

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